Systematic review of the behavioural assessment of pain in cats.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objectives were to review systematically the range of assessment tools used in cats to detect the behavioural expression of pain and the evidence of their quality; and to examine behavioural metrics (considering both the sensory and affective domains) used to assess pain.

Methods

A search of PubMed and ScienceDirect, alongside articles known to the authors, from 2000 onwards, for papers in English was performed. This was followed by a manual search of the references within the primary data sources. Only peer-reviewed publications that provided information on the assessment tool used to evaluate the behavioural expression of pain in cats, in conscious animals (not anaesthetised cats), were included.

Results

No previous systematic reviews were identified.

SUBMITTER: Merola I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11149010 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature